Vitamin D – a new look in medicine and rheumatology
The research of the last decade pointed to the importance of vitamin D not only in bone metabolic processes, but also in immunologic and anticarcinogenic processes. Thus, its common insufficiency is related to serious health consequences – e.g. increased mortality and morbidity caused by autoimmune...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Index Copernicus International S.A.
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej |
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| Online Access: | http://phmd.pl/gicid/01.3001.0003.1212 |
| Summary: | The research of the last decade pointed to the importance of vitamin D not only in bone metabolic processes, but also in immunologic and anticarcinogenic processes. Thus, its common insufficiency is related to serious health consequences – e.g. increased mortality and morbidity caused by autoimmune and cancer diseases. The modification of the range of values of vitamin D serum concentration and revision of its nutritional and pharmacological recommendations are suggested nowadays. Moreover, the discovery of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) enables us to understand its influence on other organs. To date the new properties of vitamin D are elucidated in the literature showing its preventive effect and possible application in supportive treatment of many diseases.
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| ISSN: | 0032-5449 1732-2693 |